Ezra 5:15

BSB · Public Domain (CC0)

“and instructed, ‘Take these articles, put them in the temple in Jerusalem, and let the house of God be rebuilt on its original site.’”

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BSBPD

“and instructed, ‘Take these articles, put them in the temple in Jerusalem, and let the house of God be rebuilt on its original site.’”

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“And said unto him, Take these vessels, go, carry them into the temple that is in Jerusalem, and let the house of God be builded in his place.”

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

“and he said unto him, Take these vessels, go, put them in the temple that is in Jerusalem, and let the house of God be builded in its place.”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“and said to him, These vessels lift up, go, put them down in the temple that <FI>is<Fi> in Jerusalem, and the house of God is builded on its place.”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Ezra 5:15 — 3 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Ezra 1:2“This is what Cyrus king of Persia says: ‘The LORD, the God of heaven, who has given me all the kingdoms of the earth, has appointed me to build a house for Him at Jerusalem in Judah.
  2. Ezra 3:3They set up the altar on its foundation and sacrificed burnt offerings on it to the LORD—both the morning and evening burnt offerings—even though they feared the people of the land.
  3. Ezra 6:3In the first year of King Cyrus, he issued a decree concerning the house of God in Jerusalem: Let the house be rebuilt as a place for offering sacrifices, and let its foundations be firmly laid. It is to be sixty cubits high and sixty cubits wide,

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